For everyones information accidents do not happen... they are caused! Action --- Reaction, from what I can see the Action may have been pumping too much concrete into the structure and the reaction was the collapse of the structures highest stress point.
I am aware of Federal Laws and Codes of Practice for Safe and Health Construction work in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the main problem is the lack of enforcement by government officials, the government officials have the problem much like in UK that they do not have adequate resources to cover the vast growth of the UAE.
International companies have a legal and moral responsibility to recruit and suitably train their employees to reduce risk to themselves and others who may be affected by what they do or may not do as far 'as reasonably practicable'.
Every accident is and still is avoidable, but what is a major concern is the level of competency companies are employing in order to complete projects on time and within budget. Most are straight out of a packet and have little or no experience of working in construction!! Therefore the levels of Supervision and Management needs to be extremely high and the sad fact is that it is not! Many of those are young and fressh which has its benefits but to be honest it is worrying!!
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